Sled.



F. ANDRUSZKIEWIGZ.

SLBD.

APPLIGATION FILED MAR.30.1914.

1,1 10,525, Patented Sept. 15, 1914 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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APPLICATION FILED MAB. so, 1914.

1,1 10,525, Patented Sept. 15,1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 15, 1914.

Application mea March `ao, 1914. serial No. 828,292.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK ANDRUszKrE- wroz, a citizen of the United States, residing at Easthampton, in the county of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful 'Improve- -ments in Sleds; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. i

` This invention relates to new and useful improvements in sleds and the primary obe ject of the invention is to provide a sled for childrens use constructed of a single strand of metal.

A further object of the invention resides in providing a device which by being-constructed of a single strand of metal is capable of more resiliency and greater strength than those now in use. e 1

Still another object of the invention resides in providing a sled which is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and one which is extremely efficient in use.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the specification and claims. i

'In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sled constructed'in accordance with my invention; Fig.v 2 ris a transverse section therethrough; Fig. 3 is a plan view of a slightly modified form ofthe invention; Fig. 4 is a side elevation thereof; Fig. 5 is a transverse ysection therethrough as seen on line 5 5 of Fig. 3; Fig. 6 is a plan view of a yfurther modified form of the invention; Fig. 7 is `a transverse section therethrough as seen on line 7 7V of Fig. G, looking 'in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 8 i'sa side elevation of this form .of the device; and Fig. 9 is a perspective view of au still further modified form of thejinvention. Y. Y

, In describing the invention, I shall refer` to the drawings in which similar reference vcharacters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which 1 indicates a sled constructed of a single strand of heavy wire 2, the same being looped intermediate .of its ends and bent to form j the rear transverse bar 3 of thel device'.

` That portion of the wire continuing vfrom the rear `bar 3 is bent downwardly to form the vertical rear supporting portionsi and continuing from these portions, the wire is bent rearwardly and thence forwardly as indicated at 5, the forwardly bent portions continuing for considerablelength to formthe runners proper, and indicated as 6. The portions ofthe wire continuing from the `forward ends ofthe runners are bent upwardly in the usual manner and then inwardly as shown at 7,.the portions being thenv intertwined and disposedv rearwardly, such engagement being shown at 8. This 'intertwining of the portions andthe eXtension thereof rearwardly, continues for a short distance and the portions of the wire are then separated and disposed outwardly in opposite directions, the forward portions being again bent and .extended rearwardly to form the top rails 9 of the sled. The eXtreme rear ends of `the portions forming thetop rails are engaged with the rear transverse bar 3 by being wrapped therearound,l and this completes the formation of the sled. The top rails, together with the rear transverse bar and the connection 8 which affords a bracing means between the top'rails and the forward portions of the runners, completes the upper portion of the sled proper, and if desired, a supporting board or seat may be applied thereto. How ever,;no such board is absolutely necessary ifl the sled be made small enough to admit of one sitting or lying thereon.

In Figs. 3, 4 and 5, I have shown a slightly modified form of the invention wherein a strand of heavy wire is first bent andv looped intermediate of its ends to form the rear transverse bar 10. The portions of the wire continuing from the rear bar depend therefrom to provide vertical rear supshown at 11 and the eXtreme upper ends thereof arevloop'ed andtwisted to provide eyes15 whereby-fiexible connections or the like may be engaged therewith for the propulsion of the. sled. The portions of the wire continuing from the eyes 15, are Y disposed inwardly'toward one another'and then'intertwined. This intertwined portion extends rearwardly for a short distance as shown at 16 andthe portions are thenl again separated andrben't voutwardly in opposite i y directions as indicated at 17. These .por-

tions of the wire indicated as 17 are disposed* outwardlyto planesadjacent the planes of the runners and are then bent Arearwardly to` form the top rails 18; These por- 1 tions'of the wire forming the top rails are wrapped around the rear upper bar 10 and aretlien continued vforwardly in therspace between said topi rails ias. indicated at 19. The extremeforward ends of these portions 19 are then engaged with thevoutwardly disposed portions 17 which completes the for- Vmationof the sled. This form of sled is substantially the same as the first mentioned l for-mythe same being provided in addition with means for the engagement of a drawving cord or chain, and'also with additional means for strengthening the upper portion of the sled. It will be noted that the upper j rear transverse bar and the portions indie, v cated as 17, 18 and 19 form the top of the I sled proper upon which a seat may be applied, if desired.

In Figs. 6, 7 and 8, I have shown a still further modified form of the.v invention wherein a strand `of heavy wire is first bent forward halves of the runners.

Y and looped intermediate of its v'ends to forina forward orfront transversebar 20, the ends thereof being looped and twisted to form eyes or engaging members 21. The portions ofl the wire continuing from `these eyes at the ends. of the lbar 20 are extended downwardly and bent rearwardly Yto formY forward portions 22 KVor runners for the sled, these forward portions formingithe front or The wires continuing from these forwardportions of the runners are bent upwardly and inwardly,

1 the inwardly bent portionsbeing wrapped about one another as clearly'sliow'n in the drawing toform an intermediate transverse bar 23. The sections of the wire,after vbeing intertwined as shown andV setaforth,

are'bentand continued rearwardly to` form the rear portions or halves 24 of the runners proper of thesled. `The extreme rearends of the runners are bent upwardly and inwardly as indicated at' 25 similar 'to .the showing madein connection with the previously described forms and the sections ofV .Y the wire continuing from'these portions 25 are again bent upwardly and inwardly, said inwardly extending portions being intertwined as clearly shown to provide a rear transverse bar 26. The one-section of the wire continuing from the rear bar' 26 which is formed bythe intertwining of tlie'sections of the wire, is -continued forwardly andY looped about the intermediate transversebar 23,1the saine then continuing forwardly and being bent inwardly. .The inwardly bent portion is looped about the forward transverse bar20 and twisted as indicated at 28. This section'of the wire continuing'froin the twisted portion is then bent outwardly and rearwardly'and finally engaged Vwith the intermediate transverse bar, 23 adjacent the i opposite end thereof. The other section of Vstrengthen the Vparts of theldevice, as ap` pears obvious.

In Fig. 9, I' have shown still another modified form of the inventionwherein a heavy strand of Wire is first bent and looped intermediate of its ends to forma forward transverse bar 30 and the wire forming this bar 30 is looped and twisted' so as to provideV engaging eyes 31 at theends of-.said bar.-

Continuing from these kengaging eyes, lthe Y sections of' the wire .are bent downwardly and rearwardly to formtheforward halves 32 of the runners Vof my improved sled. The sections of the wire .continuing from these forward-'halves 32 are firstbent upwardly -to form the verticalsidebars or.

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rails 33,the latter also forming liandle'memf bers as will be; hereinafter and more par-yv ticularly `set forth. The sections of the .wireare looped orY bent'and then twisted about vthe upperportions of'these side bars e 33, such twistingcontinuingffor the length'` of .the` upper halves of Vsaid bars'33.V 'The sections of the wire 'are'thenV directed trans verselyacross the sled in lplanes onopposite` sides ofthe bars 33,7.said transversely dij rected portions `beingso''spaced from oneV Vi Y another as to ysubstantially provide a seat 34;? lThe wires Vcontinuing 'fromA this .formation, are engaged with the adjacent side Ib ars iis i halves thereof; Continuing: fromthese bars 33, the twisted .wires are bent andexte'nded f' in thefsamelongitudinal planes Vwith YYthe forward halves 132 ofgthe runnersto form the rearward halve's`35thereof, thusfcomr.VV

pleting the formation.l of said runnersU 35 of the runners arebent upwardly and proper. 'The wires forming the rear halves.,v 5

l Y i i forwardly as shownat 36 in avmanner simi-Vr Y lar to suchfbent,porti'onsdisclosed and dev scribed in the previously mentionedrform's.

The wires continuing from these portions :il

36 are then bent upwardly to form therear vertical side bars 37 and the Wires forming these bars are then looped, twisted and bent as .described in connection with the rst mentioned vertical side bars, thus providing a rear seat 38. The wires continuing from the seat formed at the rear of the device, after being looped around the lower portions of the vertical side bars 37 are continued forwardly to form the top rails 39, these top rails being engaged with certain wraps of the wires of the first mentioned vertical side bars 33 and the extreme forward ends of the wires forming these top rails are finally engaged with the portions of the wire forming the engaging eyes l31. rlhe complete sled is thus formed of a single strand of wire, the same being provided with seats and the upper extensions of the vertical side bars lare designed to form handles or the like for the seats thus formed.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that I have provided a simple, inexpensive, and eflicient means for carrying out the objects of the invention, and while I have particularly described the elements best adapted to perform the functions set forth, it is obvious that various changes in form, proportion and in the minor details of construction, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacricing any of the principles of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A sled formed of a single strand of metal bent to include runners, a transverse member continuing from the rear portions of said runners, and top rails formed also from continuations of the runners and en gaged with the transverse member.

2. A sled formed of a single strand of metal designed to form runners, a transverse bar continuing from the rear portions of said runners, the forward portions of the runners being bent upwardly and thence inwardly and intertwined, the intertwined portion being extended rearwardly and the sections of the wire then spread and continued rearwardly to form top rails for the device.

3. A sled formed of a single strand of metal bent to form an upper transverse bar, the portions of the metal continuing from said bar being bent downwardly and then forwardly to form runners, the portions of the metal continuing from the forward ends of said runners being bent upwardly and inwardly and then intertwined to extend rearwardly, the portion of the metal being then spread outwardly and bent rearwardly for engagement with the rear transverse bar, whereby to form top rails for the sled.

4. A sled formed offa single strand of metal bent to form an upper transverse bar, the portions of the metal'continuing from said bar being bent downwardly, rearwardly and thence forwardly to form runners, the portions of the metal continuing from the forward ends of the runners being bent upwardly and Vinwardly for engagement with one another whereby to form a forward transverse connection, the portions continuing from the last mentioned connection being spread and continued rearwardly to form top rails, said top rails having engagement with the rear transverse bar.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK ANDRUSZKIEWICZ. Witnesses:

CHAs. H. JOHNSON, EARL V. GUY.

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Washington, D. C. 

